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MADem

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48. Some of 'em are scum...but it's a press scrum (like a throng, crowd, or gaggle!).

Thu Jul 25, 2013, 12:15 AM

Jul 2013

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scrum

Definition of SCRUM

1
a or scrum·mage : a rugby play in which the forwards of each side come together in a tight formation and struggle to gain possession of the ball using their feet when it is tossed in among them; also : the arrangement of players in a scrum
b : a usually brief and disorderly struggle or fight : scrape, scuffle
2
a British : madhouse 2
b : a usually tightly packed or disorderly crowd : throng
— scrummage intransitive verb
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Examples of SCRUM

<I had to fight my way through the scrum of holiday shoppers at the mall.>
<when the server spilled a drink on a customer, they got into a bit of a scrum before being separated>
Origin of SCRUM

short for scrummage, alteration of scrimmage
First Known Use: 1857
Related to SCRUM

I think Putin is sending the young man a message, through his own lawyer--the message being you're not going anywhere for a while, unless you acknowledge the whole "crime and punishment" thing and get on a plane back to USA. Here's some clothes, you can wash your stinkies out in the sink now...!

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Snowden's Russian lawyer Anatoly Kucherena spoke to the state-owned channel Russia Today [View all] flamingdem Jul 2013 OP

It doesn't bode well when the guy working to get you out of the airport brings you three books. morningfog Jul 2013 #1

Yes I think that's going on, and may be the reason for the delay flamingdem Jul 2013 #2

three gigantic russian epics at that nt arely staircase Jul 2013 #5

Oh well yes this is funny, they're so long! flamingdem Jul 2013 #9

it wouldn't be a confidence booster arely staircase Jul 2013 #13

Maybe he should bring him a cookbook flamingdem Jul 2013 #15

Yukk! WTF is that? And is it floating in beet juice? Tarheel_Dem Jul 2013 #19

Hi, a Russian here. It's called borscht and you are correct, it is beet root. JaneyVee Jul 2013 #27

I hope you weren't offended, but YUKK!!! It's probably because I despise.... Tarheel_Dem Jul 2013 #31

I think it would be a good idea for you to defect to England flamingdem Jul 2013 #35

In England, I'd be restricted to this: Tarheel_Dem Jul 2013 #52

I cook a wicked shepards pie.. HipChick Jul 2013 #74

Stop it! Now I want one. A whole one! My dear departed friend, Marilyn, Tarheel_Dem Jul 2013 #78

HipChick, I meant to ask you if you ever watched the show "Two Fat Ladies"? I loved it, but... Tarheel_Dem Jul 2013 #119

i make mine in pie tins with a bottom crust. dionysus Jul 2013 #101

Et tu, dion? Why are you guys torturing me? Tarheel_Dem Jul 2013 #112

OMG BumRushDaShow Jul 2013 #111

Who can hate peas? It's treason! That's what it is! Up with peas! Down with beets! Pea Lovers... Tarheel_Dem Jul 2013 #113

spotted dick arely staircase Jul 2013 #69

Not offended at all. It comes in many variations, hot, cold, potatoes, tomatoes, etc. JaneyVee Jul 2013 #38

I could handle the tea DonCoquixote Jul 2013 #56

OMG, a kindred spirit...! I was traumatized by beets as a very small child! MADem Jul 2013 #50

MADem, we are, as you say, "kindred spirits". My Mom has a lot to answer for. Tarheel_Dem Jul 2013 #55

let me say i actually like beets arely staircase Jul 2013 #40

My Gramma used to pickle 'em. They were still yukky! My mom tried... Tarheel_Dem Jul 2013 #45

There's a chemical in beets laundry_queen Jul 2013 #76

Oh no you didn't! You've started a war! I love some "green peas". Tarheel_Dem Jul 2013 #80

well whadya know, I'm a Ukie from Canada as well. Whisp Jul 2013 #94

mmmm. laundry_queen Jul 2013 #97

I make 'lazy holubchi' sometimes. Whisp Jul 2013 #98

Perogies! Oh, Whisp. bunnies Jul 2013 #100

It is really good, IF you like beets. It comes in many variations, especially as JaneyVee Jul 2013 #46

Borscht is delicious, and I love beets. But then, I pretty much love all vegetables and fruits. JDPriestly Jul 2013 #79

I sometimes make borscht. It's delicious! Whisp Jul 2013 #93

что мой друг flamingdem Jul 2013 #28

Borscht - and it looks delicious! karynnj Jul 2013 #107

I'm sorry kary, but I gotta go with my gut here. And my gut's telling me....YUKKKKK!!!! Tarheel_Dem Jul 2013 #114

Wonderful authors. I read a kabillion Russian novels in my teens. nt Mojorabbit Jul 2013 #53

I have only read Crime and Punishment, I am ashame to say. nt arely staircase Jul 2013 #57

And one of them is "CRIME AND PUNISHMENT?" MADem Jul 2013 #36

which is priceless arely staircase Jul 2013 #43

Check this out Raskolnikov who killed the nice grandma aka his Motherland! (Crime and Pnshmnt) flamingdem Jul 2013 #54

he kills her, goes to prison camp and is redeemed in the end arely staircase Jul 2013 #62

As in, comply with our prison of your mind while we drain your laptops and flamingdem Jul 2013 #63

oh I think mind prison/mind fuck is right on the mark arely staircase Jul 2013 #65

Anna is there for him flamingdem Jul 2013 #70

Aha you picked up on that flamingdem Jul 2013 #60

Especially ones as long as Crime and Punishment! karynnj Jul 2013 #105

I just watched Harvey Fierstein on LO, and I'm scared to be on the same.... Tarheel_Dem Jul 2013 #3

oh oh, I hear a dim and distance sound of GGs Ca-Ching... Whisp Jul 2013 #4

A well deserved ending for that sniveling idiot. This is not turning out..... Tarheel_Dem Jul 2013 #10

GG is busy on twitter equating Obama with Michelle Bachman flamingdem Jul 2013 #16

everyone in this whole mess has become a parody of themselves arely staircase Jul 2013 #20

The Free Beacon story was posted here earlier saying that Snowden flamingdem Jul 2013 #25

yeah i saw that. gonna wait on a better source but it is totally plausible arely staircase Jul 2013 #33

They are so turning him into mega defector! flamingdem Jul 2013 #34

the whole KGB lawyer thing is just amazing arely staircase Jul 2013 #7

"Freak Show" is a gross understatement. After extolling the virtues of Vlad.... Tarheel_Dem Jul 2013 #18

GG isn't going to utter a peep. After all Eddie might hit the jackpot as did Philip Agee when he got flamingdem Jul 2013 #21

I think he was fed a whole pack of lies by Greenwald and his ilk... Drunken Irishman Jul 2013 #51

+1. While Glenn sits in his comfy abode, surrounded by lush greenery, and Tarheel_Dem Jul 2013 #58

Yup! He's safe and sound... Drunken Irishman Jul 2013 #71

It may come later, but I haven't gotten to "feeling bad for Snowie" yet. Tarheel_Dem Jul 2013 #72

Well I said kinda for a reason... Drunken Irishman Jul 2013 #73

Agreed. He admitted he broke the law, which is why he fled. Tarheel_Dem Jul 2013 #75

If he owned up to it, and returned, or didn't flee, his image would be better... Drunken Irishman Jul 2013 #77

Steve Clemons pretty much said that tonight on LO's show. He was an early.... Tarheel_Dem Jul 2013 #81

That's what happens in an echo chamber... Drunken Irishman Jul 2013 #82

You mean like his KGB lawyer? Talk about a propaganda coup. I know the G-20 Tarheel_Dem Jul 2013 #83

It's a clusterfuck... Drunken Irishman Jul 2013 #84

Ditto! Fierstein is really upset about what's going down in Russia re: LGBT. Tarheel_Dem Jul 2013 #85

Which makes this whole ordeal all the much odder... Drunken Irishman Jul 2013 #87

And I love Fierstein! He guest starred on The Simpsons years ago and it's one of my favorites... Drunken Irishman Jul 2013 #89

Again, I gotta agree with you. It makes no sense for Snowden to make that.... Tarheel_Dem Jul 2013 #91

I'm picturing something like this... Drunken Irishman Jul 2013 #92

!!! Tarheel_Dem Jul 2013 #115

Here's the quote from Snowden's statement: snappyturtle Jul 2013 #103

The poll is interesting because we see that people are pretty patriotic flamingdem Jul 2013 #104

Exactly. But this has been the case all along. An equal number of people thought Snowie's..... Tarheel_Dem Jul 2013 #116

Was glad to see Clemmon change his tune, he was so enamored of Snowball flamingdem Jul 2013 #102

I'm sorry, but Clemons was gettin' on eff'n nerves. His idea is to let Snowie fade into history in Tarheel_Dem Jul 2013 #117

You know I agree but don't want to pound the conspiracy line flamingdem Jul 2013 #118

Comrade Eddie at this point is better off at sucking it up and coming home.. HipChick Jul 2013 #12

no kidding he is gonna be pulling a plow like a mule on a beet farm on the Volga. arely staircase Jul 2013 #17

yep..lords know what will happen to him in Russia...he'll prob be on their version of HipChick Jul 2013 #22

Or just finding a corner of "The Terminal" and putting down a sleeping bag! MADem Jul 2013 #64

Any hot Aeroflot woman will surely be Russian security like his lawyer and everyone else in his life arely staircase Jul 2013 #67

Yeah, where IS Mister Fix It? I wonder if Ecuador is turning up the heat in the London Embassy? nt MADem Jul 2013 #68

I'd be screaming to get hell outta Mother Russia ASAP! I wish I could.... Tarheel_Dem Jul 2013 #23

I would be very interested...I think Comrade Eddie will not come to a good end there HipChick Jul 2013 #24

"press scum"? That's a little Cha Jul 2013 #6

i can't wait until the definitive book on all this (and not greenwald's self serving bs) arely staircase Jul 2013 #8

No, this is much stranger than fiction! Cha Jul 2013 #30

As Scurrilous says now can we stop using the term authoritarian on DU? flamingdem Jul 2013 #11

I doubt they will stop but we can Cha Jul 2013 #41

He'll be the mascot flamingdem Jul 2013 #44

and the guy is straight out of central casting arely staircase Jul 2013 #49

And you can tell he's never touched Vodka in his life! flamingdem Jul 2013 #61

He looks like William Shatner's uglier, redder brother. n/t Whisp Jul 2013 #95

Too true, like Shatner after a day on the beach in Malibu! flamingdem Jul 2013 #106

he is full of beets and vodka. nt arely staircase Jul 2013 #110

Hey Cha, you old "authoritarian" you! Tarheel_Dem Jul 2013 #59

Yep, me and this guy.. Cha Jul 2013 #86

Ick! He looks like a real paragon of "human rights" protections, don't he? Tarheel_Dem Jul 2013 #88

Yes! And, more than willing to shower Cha Jul 2013 #90

That's press scrum, with an 'r'...meaning a group, throng, mob pinboy3niner Jul 2013 #14

yeah..like in a Rugby scrum HipChick Jul 2013 #26

I've never heard scrum flamingdem Jul 2013 #32

It's kinda like having a bit of hows your father HipChick Jul 2013 #39

That's a weird one! flamingdem Jul 2013 #47

Omg..it always meant a quick shag.. HipChick Jul 2013 #66

Oy, I misread.. thanks for the correction, pinboy~ Cha Jul 2013 #42

History is vital. Savannahmann Jul 2013 #29

they are all great books by great writers arely staircase Jul 2013 #37

you love commas :) snooper2 Jul 2013 #99

Some of 'em are scum...but it's a press scrum (like a throng, crowd, or gaggle!). MADem Jul 2013 #48

Mahalo for that, MADem.. I was reading it too fast Cha Jul 2013 #96

I think he has to leak and promote Russia for food flamingdem Jul 2013 #108

Don't tell Cha Jul 2013 #120

I liked the interview very much. Some interesting points about snappyturtle Jul 2013 #109